Agir pour l’environnement et al. v. French State France The Council of State cancelled in a judgment of May 3, 2023 the orders of February 5, 2021 and January 31, 2022 of the Minister… See details >>
USA and Texas v. DuPont United States On November 15, 2014, an explosion in DuPont’s La Porte facility killed 4 employees when methyl mercaptan was released…. See details >>
State of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg v. Bayer Luxembourg In a decision of March 30, 2023, the Administrative Court of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg declared illegal the decisions taken by Luxembourg to withdraw… See details >>
France: The decision to withdraw the main uses of S-Metolachlor-based plant protection products questioned by the Government March 30, 2023 On Wednesday, February 15, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) announced that it was withdrawing of the main uses* of S-metolachlor-based plant protection products. S-metolachlor is the third most sold herbicide substance in France, after glyphosate and prosulfocarb (BNVD Traceability, 2022). Authorized since 2004, it is used in particular… Read More
Building an International Pesticide Standard Alliance March 23, 2023 On the sidelines of the United Nations Water Conference in New York, a cooperation agreement was signed this Thursday, March 23, between six parties representing five continents – Friends of the Earth Australia, Pesticides Action Network Asia Pacific, International Center on water and transdisciplinary (CIRAT), Kosmoz Africa, Work Public Ministry of Brazil, and our association… Read More
Support for the European Commission’s draft (2020) Strategy for Sustainable Chemicals January 27, 2023 In October 2020, the European Commission published a Strategy for Sustainable Chemicals, which aims to reduce human and environmental exposure to hazardous chemicals, while enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of European industry. This strategy, adopted by the European Parliament in July 2020, responds to the “Zero Pollution” ambition of the Green Pact for Europe. The… Read More